A Social Business

zazen Water is a Social Business Enterprise that was created so that children in Australia can drink the very best water all day, every day.

A Social Business Enterprise is focused primarily on maximising social returns within a profitable framework. We have chosen this business model through being inspired by the work of Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, banker to the poor, and Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

What is a Social Business?

zazen Water is a Social Business Enterprise focused on co-creating wellness conscious communities.

Social Business Enterprise/ noun. enterprises/corporations seeking not just revenue but social returns, and returning the profits to the communities where they operate.Read about Social Business Entrepreneurs

Co-creating/ verb. to make something together; to bring something into existence together.

Wellness/ noun. a choice to take responsibility for the quality of your life. Total wellness is an active process of becoming aware of choices and making decisions to achieve balance across the physical, mind, relationships, community and spiritual to achieve a fulfilling joyful life.

Communities/noun. group of people who are unified through their intention but operate with diversity of expression.

As Social Business Entrepreneurs, we are committed to making a positive difference in our world, starting with children drinking the right quality and quantity of water so that we can help educate and reverse health trends that see us as one of the world’s unhealthiest nations.

"This generation of children will live 10 years less than their parents"

New England Journal of Medicine

We became awareof the health and longevity issues facing our children.This generation, if current trends continue, will be the first in modern history to have a shorter lifespan than their parents.

We became awarethat 1 in 6 children have a learning and behavioural disability. In 1974, 1 in 10,000 Australian children were diagnosed with autism. In 2017, it is 1 in 68 now being diagnosed! With the current trend forecast to be 1 in 2 and 80% will be boys by 2032!

We became awarethat 1 in 6 children suffer from a respiratory illness, and that asthma is our leading chronic disease among Australian children.

We became awarethat 1 in 4 children are overweight or obese in Australia, and that 1 in 2 of their parents are overweight or obese. The impact of our modern diet with processed foods, preservatives, additives and chemicals combined with the sedentary lifestyles of our children impacts the longevity and quality of their life.

We became awarethat 80 years ago, the percentage of the population diagnosed with cancer was 1 in 50. Today, the statistics are 1 in 3, trending towards 1 in 2. This is the reality that children being born today are faced with. Where do we go from 1 in 2?

We became awareof the impact our modern environment has on the quality of health and wellbeing of our children – through the pollutants and poisons in the water and beverages they drink and the poor quality air they breathe, every day.

We became awarethat the umbilical cord of a new born baby today was measured to have over 300 carcinogenic chemicals in it – already. And that our clean family homes have over 200 cancer causing chemicals in them.

We became awarethat there was no initiative we could find anywhere in Australia that was focused on the importance of child hydration. There are initiatives on the food they eat, but not on the quality of the most fundamental important nutrient to all life — water!

These statistics horrified us, disturbed us, and then moved us to action. As a result, we launched thezazen Water Ambassador School Programwhich is funded 100% from the profits of our business. To date, we have donated over $650,000 to this program.